Cacowards 2022

The 2022 Cacowards is the nineteenth annual Cacowards feature, released by Doomworld on. It was written by Andrew Stine (Linguica), Boris Klimeš (dew), Demon of the Well, rd, Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve), Kinsie, Omniarch, Dynamo, Drew DeVore (stx-Vile) and Terminus, with a guest contribution by Gus Knezevich (Alfonzo). There were 10 main winners and runners-up, and 22 honorable mentions.

Winners

 * The Magenta Spire - Cole Bryden (thelamp) -
 * Jumpwad - Grain of Salt and Zachary Stephens (Ribbiks) -
 * Ozonia - Tomás Soares (Deadwing) -
 * Elementalism: Phase 1 - Various -
 * Dust Devil - Captain Toenail -
 * Malevolence Episode 1 - Cheesewheel -
 * Don't Turn Your Back on the City - Suzanne Will (Trashbang) -
 * Knee-Deep in Knee-Deep in ZDoom - Sarah Mancuso (esselfortium) -
 * The 10x10 Project - LunchLunch -
 * Overboard - Cyriak Harris (mouldy) -

Runners-up

 * Bellatrix: Tales of Orionis (Episode 1) - Franck Livolant (franckFRAG) -
 * Solar Struggle - Various -
 * Altars of Madness - Alex Decker (myolden) -
 * Capybara - Various -
 * Pagodia - Various -
 * Anomaly Report - Michael Jan Krizik (valkiriforce) -
 * 2022 A Doom Odyssey - Various -
 * Shallow World Episode 1 - Peter Blacha (Shawny) -
 * Declared New Apocalypse - Kan3 -
 * Dance on the Water - Various -

Honorable Mentions and Special Features

 * Occula - bemused and Thomas Seifert (tourniquet) -
 * Atonement - Matthew DeCalzadilla (Moustachio) -
 * Infection - Dennis Meuwissen (Exl) -
 * POOGERS - Various -
 * Pocket Slaughter - SCF -
 * PUSS IX: Mapping at Warpspeed - Various -
 * Nostalgia - Alex Decker (myolden) -
 * Nensha - RonnieJamesDiner -
 * Sign of Torment - Kain D. -
 * Wretched Flesh - HALFCOOL -
 * Plutonia Revisited Community Project 2 - Various -
 * Hydrosphere - Brian Irving (Bri) -
 * Ante Mortem Episode 1 - Snaxalotl -
 * Caffeine Injection - Misty -
 * Ethereal Breakdown - Various -
 * Corrupted Cistern - Christopher Lutz -
 * Azazel's Second Descent - Bloodbath Giraffe -
 * 100 Line Massacre - NinjaDelphox and Andrik Powell (Arsinikk) -
 * Elysium's Curse Episode 1 - Bri -
 * The Box of a Thousand Demons - Thelokk -
 * Relyctum - BeeWen -
 * Irkalla - Various -
 * Jamal Jones - Doomkid's 20 Years Mapping Contest - Various -
 * Greenian - BeeWen -
 * Doom CE - molecicco -

Multiplayer awards

 * Horde mode for Odamex & Hordamex - Various -
 * Frantik DM 2 - Colton Murchison (Arrowhead) -

Gameplay mod awards

 * Gun Bonsai - ToxicFrog -
 * Voxel Doom - Daniel Peterson (Cheello) - (ModDB)

Mordeth award

 * Knee-Deep in Knee-Deep in ZDoom vanilla tech

Codeaward

 * Ultimate Doom Builder - Boris Iwanski
 * DoomTools - Matt Tropiano (MTrop)

Machaward

 * Doom RPG Port - Erick Vásquez García (Erick194) and John Corrado (anarkavre) -

Odyssey of Noises

 * Ozonia OST - Tomás Soares (Deadwing)

Most Promising Newcomers

 * Snaxalotl
 * Thelokk
 * kwc
 * The Royal We
 * Large Cat
 * Lazlo Panaflex
 * Lerxst
 * wxndxx
 * Arse
 * Dumbdoot6677
 * tei tenga

Creator of the Year

 * Tomás Soares (Deadwing)

Espi award

 * Frans P. de Vries (Xymph)